Patna, Oct. 29 -- Congress Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh on Thursday called for an end to MLC elections held in graduates' and teachers' constituencies, alleging that money plays a major role in the electoral process. He also questioned how candidates are selected.

"The candidates that get elected in such elections (one with graduates' and teachers' constituencies), you ask them about the exchange of money and how candidates are brought. This is an election of money. Such elections should be stopped," Singh told ANI.

The senior Congress leader clarified that the opposition's demand for paper ballots was intended for direct popular elections, not MLC polls that follow a preferential voting system, where votes are counted in multip...